Italian Cream Cake

Yields 1 cake

Ingredients

½ cup butter
½ cup shortening
2 cups sugar
5 eggs; separated
2 cups flour; sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1⅓ cups flaked coconut
1 cup nuts; chopped

Directions

Coconut goes inside cake, chopped nut on the top